Triple

T16643728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larry Hillblom E404409 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object DHL co-founders Robert Lynn
DHL co-founders Robert Lynn was an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three founders of the global logistics and courier company DHL.
E1225334 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: DHL co-founders Robert Lynn | Statement: [Larry Hillblom, foundedBy, DHL co-founders Robert Lynn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DHL co-founders Robert Lynn
Context triple: [Larry Hillblom, foundedBy, DHL co-founders Robert Lynn]
  • A. Frederick W. Smith
    Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
  • B. Frederick G. Smith
    Frederick G. Smith is one of the sons of American television executive and media entrepreneur Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • C. Frederic E. Smith
    Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
  • D. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • E. Fred Smith
    Fred Smith is a musician best known as the bassist for the punk rock group The Jim Carroll Band.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: DHL co-founders Robert Lynn
Triple: [Larry Hillblom, foundedBy, DHL co-founders Robert Lynn]
Generated description
DHL co-founders Robert Lynn was an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three founders of the global logistics and courier company DHL.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DHL co-founders Robert Lynn
Target entity description: DHL co-founders Robert Lynn was an American entrepreneur best known as one of the three founders of the global logistics and courier company DHL.
  • A. Frederick W. Smith
    Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
  • B. Frederick G. Smith
    Frederick G. Smith is one of the sons of American television executive and media entrepreneur Julian Sinclair Smith.
  • C. Frederic E. Smith
    Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
  • D. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • E. Fred Smith
    Fred Smith is a musician best known as the bassist for the punk rock group The Jim Carroll Band.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d8838a41f08190b0c3f79c47df5078 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37ad3b12c8190a32e33d9ecff9dae completed April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0084bd1b648190b6189533dcd7b9ac completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008568d2e88190a3757c7d48fa464b completed May 10, 2026, 1:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0085d27d188190a13ba94c6a642dde completed May 10, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.